Fabric-holding loop and clasp.



0. W. STIMSON. FABRIC HOLDING LOOP AND CLASP. APPLICATION FILED MAR, 13, 1909.

981,029. 7 v Patented Jan. 10,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W. STIMSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FABRIC-HOLDING LOOP AND CLASP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J an. 10, 1911.

Application filedMarch 13, 1909. Serial No. 483,149.

, vention comprises a novel covered loop, com

prising a stiff core covered with a yielding friction material, consisting of fibers extending outward from the core, also the combination with such a loop, of a button formed of similar material.

The objects of my invention are to improve the construction of fabric holding loops and clasps, to make them very ineX- pensive, to adapt them to hold fabric very firmly, but without excessive pressure, to

avoid cutting, creasing or otherwise injuring the fabric held, and to avoid exposure of metal parts of the loop and clasp.

I will now proceed to describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings, and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In said drawings :Figure 1 shows a front view of one type of loop embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 shows a side view of a complete button-and-loop clasp comprising a loop such as shown in Fig. 1, and a button formed of similar material. Figs. 8 and 4 are side elevations and partial sections, enlarged, of diflerent types of covered material which may be used in forming the loop and button. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a button such as may be used with the loop herein described, in abutton-andloop clasp; and Fig. 6 is a front view of an alternative form of loop, of a type which does not require a button.

Referring first to Figs. 8 and 4, the material used in forming loops and buttons, according to my present invention, consists of a stiff core, preferably of metallic wire, provided with a covering of outwardly-projecting fibers. As shown in Fig. 3, the said core may consist of wires 1 twisted together, the fibers of the covering 2 being held between the coils of said twisted wires, or,

as shown in Fig. 4, the said core may consist of a central relatively stifi' wire, 8, and another relatively flexible wire, 4, wound about it, the fibrous material 2 being held to the wire 3 by the wrapping wire, 4. Either of the two types of covered wire shown may.

be formed into fabric-holding loops, much as plain wire is formed into such loops, and such loops may be of various forms, just as the loops formed of plain wire are made of various forms. Fig. 1 shows one such form of loop, made of the covered wire referred to, comprising a main port-ion 6, a top por tion 7 provided with a bail 9, and aferrule 8. The loop shown in Fig. 1 is of a type intended to be used in button-and loopclasps, and such a clasp is shown in Fig. 2,

comprising a loop 5 such as shown in Fig. l, a button 10, and webbing 11 connecting them. The manner of using such clasps is too well known to require description here. The button 10 is also formed, preferably,

of covered wire such as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and Fig. 5 shows one construction of such' a button, comprising a head, 12, a neck 13 formed of twisted strands, and a base 14.

Fig. 6 shows another form of loop, of a type which is not intended to .coact with a button, but instead has a lower portion, 16, so narrow that it will hold fabric without the use of a button. In both forms of loops shown, since the covering 2 is yielding in its nature, even very delicate fabrics are held without injury. Furthermore, the fabric is held very firmly, since, as it is forced down ,into the narrow end of the loop, the fibers which make up the covering 2 bend somewhat, thus at once yielding to avoid excessive pressure, and engaging the fibers of the fabric very much as barbs might engage said fabric, so that motion of the fabric to ward the larger end of the loop is resisted very effectively.

I do not in this application claim the button shown in Figs. 2 and 5, specifically, as said button is claimed in a companion application, Sr. No. 483,148.

What I claim is 1. A. fabric holding loop such as described, comprising a stiff core bent into the form of a loop and having a yielding fibrous coverclasp loop, a headed button, and flexible comprising a multiplicity of fibers project- 10 means connecting the same, said button having outwardly. ing a portion of its surface covered With In testimony whereof I have s1gne l this fibrous material comprising a multiplicity of specification 1n the presence of two subscribfibers projecting outwardly. ing Witnesses.

3. A button and'loop clasp comprising a CHARLES \V. STIMSON. clasp loop and a headed button, both said Witnesses: loop and said button having portions of H. M. MARBLE,

their surfaces covered With fibrous material FRANK E. RAFFMAN. 

